alternate history These Jeff Spicoli-esque characters in this 1997 Carl's Jr. commercial share how they invented the lava lamp while high on life Popkin
alternate history The second book in Tim Powers' 'Vickery and Castine' series is even better than the first Jason Weisberger
the afterlife Hannu Rajaniemi's Summerland: a midcentury spy thriller, with the afterlife Cory Doctorow
retrogamers "Artisanal" Nintendo console cartridge hacker creates impossible alternate history games Cory Doctorow
the saxon question Judenstaat: an alternate history in which a Jewish state is created in east Germany in 1948 Cory Doctorow
oh yes please thank you very much Coming in November: Pirate Utopia, a novella by Bruce Sterling with an intro by Warren Ellis Cory Doctorow
synthetic biology Westerfeld's Goliath: suitably thrilling conclusion to cracking steampunk WWI YA trilogy Cory Doctorow